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this workshop day combines two global bestsellers

Swiss Time Machine

[sources: Henry Chesbrough, photo: life.com]

[sources: Henry Chesbrough, photo: xerox.com]

revenue growth of 41% compounded for the next 20 years

Swiss Time Machine

BusinessModelGeneration.com

1,000,000new book titles were

published in the U.S. in ʼ10

11,000new business books

appear every year

12%decline of sales in major

bookstore chains (ʻ07-ʼ09)

?so what did we do?

we changed the product...

?would a big publishing house have taken us on

with this book?

we changed the business model...

you canʼt write about business model innovation without an innovative business model

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$250.-

Results

in the top 10 of softcover business books in the US#

170ʼ000+ English #bmgen copies in print (June 2011)#

18 #bmgen translations upcoming in 2011#

more importantly...

business models enable (new) products and technologies and

help solve (entirely new) customer

problems

the 100 Million dollar

question

how do you search for the right business model?

understanding business models1

2 prototyping alternatives of “what could be”

3 evaluating your business model design

testing business models with customer development4

but hey, what is a business

model anyways?

1

?whatʼs a business model?

Business Model Canvas

to describe, challenge, design, and invent business models more systematically

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CUSTOMER SEGMENTS

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VALUE PROPOSITIONS

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CHANNELS

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CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS

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REVENUE STREAMS

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KEY RESOURCES

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KEY ACTIVITIES

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KEY PARTNERS

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COST STRUCTURE

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customer segments

key partners

cost structure

revenue streams

channels

customer relationships

key activities

key resources

value proposition

KEYPARTNERS

COST STRUCTURE

KEYACTIVITIES

KEYRESOURCES

OFFER

CHANNELS


CUSTOMERSEGMENTS

REVENUE STREAMS

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The Business Model Canvas

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customer segments

key partners

cost structure

revenue streams

channels

customer relationships

key activities

key resources

value proposition

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illustration

how much less or more do the Swiss pay per gram of coffee consumed at home

compared to a decade ago?

600% to 800% more

Nespresso changed the

business model for espresso

RESULTS

own recycling

containers

one of the fastest-growing businesses in

the Nestlé group

average growth of 30% p.a. since 2000

global sales of3.8+ billion USD

KEYPARTNERS

ValueProposition

CHANNELS


CUSTOMERSEGMENTS

REVENUE STREAMSCOST STRUCTURE

KEYACTIVITIES

KEYRESOURCES

Nespresso’s business Model

households (espresso fans)

**** retail

outlets

sales of Nespresso

pods

mailorder

Nespresso stores

NespressoClub

coffee machine

manufacturers businesses

sales of Nespresso machines

Nespressopods

patents

marketing

pod production

B2Cdistribution

production

callcenter

Nespresso.com

*** Nespresso machines

marketing

B2Cdistribution

distribution channelscoffee

coffeegrowers

pod production facilities

but Nespresso almost failed in 1987 due to a nonperforming

business model

KEYPARTNERS

ValueProposition

CHANNELS


CUSTOMERSEGMENTS

REVENUE STREAMSCOST STRUCTURE

KEYACTIVITIES

KEYRESOURCES

Nespresso’s 1987 Model

officesNespressosystem

joint venture with machine manufacturer

machine manufacturer

now Nestlé is building a portfolio of business models

in their coffee business

prototype alternatives

and ask yourself what

could be2

?letʼs take some time to work on a really, really big

issue in the world?

access to proper

sanitation

2.6 billion people lack

access

4 out of 10 people in the world lack even the most simple latrine to perform

their needs

* single-use toilet bag* self-sanitizing* biodegradable* turns into fertilizer

* low production cost* (mainly) targeted at poor people

* people already pay for sanitation

KEYPARTNERS

COST STRUCTURE

KEYACTIVITIES

KEYRESOURCES

OFFER

CHANNELS


CUSTOMERSEGMENTS

REVENUE STREAMS


mini brainstorming session

come up with as many business model ideas as possible for the Peepoo bag (not full Canvases)

* single-use toilet bag* self-sanitizing* biodegradable* turns into fertilizer

* low production cost* (mainly) targeted at poor people

* people already pay for sanitation

make rough prototypes of the

different alternatives to analyze, evaluate and compare them

[source: Sony Pictures]

Frank Gehry

[source: Sony Pictures]

[source: Wikimedia Commons]

?what does that have to do with business models and

my organization?

no architect would build something that

resembles his first sketch

?what does that mean for us?

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business model prototyping

napkin sketch Canvas business case field test

prototyping is the conversation you have with your ideas

“”Tom Wujec

evaluate your

business model design

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SWITCHING COSTS

How easy or difficult is it for customers to switch to another company?

with this amazing device

you can have thousand songs in a pocket

...and you’r screwing us because it has just

become more difficult to switch devices

RECURRING REVENUES

Is every sales a new effort or will it result in follow-‐up revenues and purchases? How evenly distributed are your revenues through the year?

EARN BEFORE YOU PAY

Are you earning money before you are spending it?

GAME CHANGING COST STRUCTURE

Is your cost structure substanSally different and beTer than those of compeStors?

phone calls will be totally free in the future

GETTING OTHERS TO DO THE WORK

How much does your business model get customers or third parSes to create value for you?

go ahead and share on your facebook

page...

...that will make my plaWorm more valuable...

...and raise my plaWorm’s

value(aSon)...

SCALABILITY

How rapidly and how easily can you grow your business model without hi[ng roadblocks (e.g. infrastructure, customer support, etc.)?

VIRALITY/NETWORK EFFECT

How viral is your business model? How substanSal are the benefits to share with others?

PROTECTION FROM COMPETITION

How much is your business model protecSng you from compeSSon?

a product/technology focus is

just not enough anymore

break-out session

KEYPARTNERS

COST STRUCTURE

KEYACTIVITIES

KEYRESOURCES

OFFER

CHANNELS


CUSTOMERSEGMENTS

REVENUE STREAMS


testing business

models with customer

development4

a business model might look great on paper...

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.. but after all it is only a...

guess guess

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guess

guess

guess

guess

guess

guess

guess

... a set of hypotheses

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THANK YOU!BusinessModelGeneration.com

AlexOsterwalder.com / @business_design BusinessModelAlchemist.com

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